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Battle of Crete
Leaders: Bernard Freyberg and Kurt Student.
Casualties: 8,041 deaths 4540 wounded and 17017 captured
Winner: Germany
German invasion on Crete -
Battle of Moscow
Leaders: Marshal Georgy Zhukov, Marshal Aleksandr and Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, Colonel General Heinz Guderian, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Casualties: 1,680,000
Winner: Soviet Union
Germans activated opperation Barbarossa and invaded the S.U. -
Attack Pearl Habror
Leaders: Walter Short and Isoroku Yamamoto
Winner: Japan
Casualties: 1,177
Stop U.S.A from attacking and entering the war by destroying the navy. -
Battle of Hong Kong
Leaders: Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai and Governor Sir Mark Aitchison Young, Major General Christopher Maltby
Casualties: 4109
Winner: Japan
Defense against Japanese Attack. -
Battle of Bataan
Leaders: General Douglas MacArthur, Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, Major General Edward King and Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma
Winner: Japan
Casualties: 85000
Japanese aeriel attack on the American forces in the Philipines. -
DoLittle Raid
Leaders- Rosevelt and Leland D. Faktro.
Casualties: 250,000
Winner. U.S.
Big boost of morale and a show of power to the japanese -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Leaders: Takeo Takagi and Shigeyoshi Inoue. U.S Frank J. Fletcher.
Causalties: 1,617
Winner: U.S.
japanese wanted to draw out the U.S fleet and destroy them. -
Battle of Midway
leaders: Yamamoto and Chester Nimitz.
casualties: 3,397
Winner: U.S
Japan sent an attack to Midway and the U.S arrived to stop them. Japan wanted Midway so they could have a military advantage. -
Battle of Al Alamein
Leaders: General Claude Auchinleck and Erwin Rommel
Casualties: 6425
Winner: Germany
fought for more territory. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
leaders: Major General Alexander Vandergrift,Major General Alexander Patch and Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, General Hitoshi Imamura
Winners: Allies
Casualties: 38100
Allies decided to attack Guadalcanal -
Battle of Savo Island
Leaders: Richmond K. Turner and Gunichi Mikawa.
Casialties: 1,135
Winner: Japan
Japan crashed tha supply one of the supply lines of the U.S -
Invasion of Sicily
Leaders: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Harold Alexander, Lt. General George S. Patton, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and Gen. Alfredo Guzzoni, Field Marshall Albert Kesselring
Winner: Allies
Casualties:169000
Allies invasion on Sicily. -
D-Day
Leaders: Bedell Smith and Erwin Rommel
Casualties: Between 4,000 and 9,000
Winner: U.S.A
To Liberate Normandy. -
V-E Day
Leaders: Von Rundstedt and Omar N. Bradly
Winner: Allies.
Casualties: 700
Prime Chance to strike Germany. -
V-J-Day
Leaders: Mac Arthur and Umezu.
Victory over Japan Ending the war.
Winner: U.S.A
Casualties:225,000
